Dave said he regularly moves around different parts of Liverpool, reports the Echo. A homeless Liverpool man whose hammock has been spotted hanging from lampposts and trees across the city said he feels safer sleeping outdoors than in emergency accommodation. Dave, 35, from Fazakerley, has become a familiar sight in parks and green spaces around […]
LGBTQ+ people between the ages of 18 & 25 are at higher risk of homelessness, reports The Independent. Sofia (not her real name) returned to her family home one evening to find her suitcase packed and her mother and father telling her she needed to leave. Her deeply religious parents had just discovered she was transgender […]
A man launched an attack on two homeless people before pulling out a large knife, reports the Liverpool Echo. The shocking incident happened at around 11.30am on Sunday, June 14, on Houghton Street in Liverpool city centre. A woman was left with a bloodied nose after being struck in the face, while a second man […]
Labour’s Social Housing Bill is aiming to limit Right to Buy rules and protect domestic violence victims but Lord John Bird has urged ministers to take action on empty homes too, reports the Big Issue. Big Issue founder Lord John Bird has urged the government to take action to fill up empty homes in England […]
Sharon Hodgson, parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Department for Health and Social Care, writes in the Big Issue about why the government is giving free flu vaccines to people facing homelessness. Every person across the country is rightly entitled to healthcare. But accessing it can be a lot harder for those experiencing homelessness. Illnesses […]
Shelter urges government to end unfair debt burden that stops councils delivering new homes. It would take over a century (119 years) to clear existing social housing waiting lists in England at the government’s current speed of delivering new social homes, new Shelter research shows. Despite more than 1.3 million households being stuck on social […]
Hidden homeless women are being missed from official figures, reports the BBC. “When people used to see me, they didn’t believe I was homeless,” Victoria says. She did not look like a rough sleeper and did not drink or take drugs. “So it was hard for people to believe that I was actually homeless.” For […]
Plans have been lodged to create an all-year round service, reports the Liverpool Echo. A rough sleeping hub in the heart of Liverpool city centre is to become a permanent fixture for those facing a night on the streets. Since January 2024, in partnership with Liverpool Council, the Whitechapel Centre has operated a night assessment […]
Centrepoint warns young people facing ‘huge scarcity of work opportunities’ after Alan Milburn’s report on crisis, reports the Guardian. The growing number of young people not in work or education is driving more into unstable housing or homelessness, charities have said. A government-commissioned review into the crisis facing young people in the UK said there […]
The government’s landmark Social Housing Bill is returning to Parliament for its Second Reading, reports Gov.uk. Domestic abusers will be evicted from social homes and victims will be able to stay safely in their communities, under a new landmark Social Housing Bill returning to Parliament for its Second Reading today (Monday 1 June). Under new […]
